For the first time ever I did not feel like the hero of the film, when I walked out of the theatre. It may be because of my age – or because of the movie. Tom Cruise plays a former military police who went underground “first as an exercise, then as an addiction.” He suddenly appears when a former military sniper is accused of having shot and killed five people totally random. As viewers, we see that the arrested person is not the same guy that brought down the shots, and pretty soon Cruise is also hunted for crimes he did not commit – while investigating the murders. There’s all the usual stuff, with an idealistic – blonde – lawyer, and a hero that crosses all boundaries and still get to be America’s hero. The plot is rather artificial and have big logical gaps. So there’s nothing new under the sun, though it’s unusual that the hero commits outright executions, making the hypocricy in this kind of movies even more obvious, but no less bizarre. There’s even a few scenes – just a couple of glances – to show that the hero is a woman’s man, so we won’t believed he’s gay, although he doesn’t get under the skirt of quivering Rosamund Pike. However, there are some really nice scenes. Never have I seen the title of the film in such small print – but effective, and the car chase are pretty nice. And how cool is it not, to have Werner Herzog play the malevolent villain? But that doesn’t make it worth watching.